The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φθάνω

Lemmaφθάνω
Citation formφθάνω
Part of speechverb
GlossI anticipate, precede, arrive
Strong’sG5348
Transliterationphthánō
Definitionto be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede; by extension, to have arrived at
KJV glosses:--(already) attain, come, prevent.
Derivationapparently a primary verb
SBLGNT occurrences7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐφθάσαμεν
verb, first person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1AAI-P--)2 Corinthians 10:14
verb, first person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1AAI-P--)Philippians 3:16
ἔφθασεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--)Matthew 12:28
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--)Luke 11:20
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--)Romans 9:31
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--)1 Thessalonians 2:16
φθάσωμεν
verb, first person, aorist, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 1AAS-P--)1 Thessalonians 4:15

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: φθανω.